The women's
rugby sevens
Rugby sevens (commonly known simply as sevens, and originally seven-a-side rugby) is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players playing seven-minute halves, instead of the usual 15 players playing 40-minute halves. R ...
tournament at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
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was the first time that women's teams had participated in this event. The venue for the competition was
Robina Stadium
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.
Background
Pool stage
Wales
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qualified on 9 July 2017 after placing
fifth at the
2017 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series.
The pools were confirmed on 2 February 2018, scheduling was announced on 23 February 2018.
Participating nations
Competition schedule
The following is the competition schedule for the Women’s Rugby sevens competition:
Pool stage
In pool play, each team plays one match against the other three teams in the group.
The top two teams in each pool advance to the semi-finals and the remaining teams advance to the lower classification matches (for places 5 to 8).
Pool A
Pool B
Knockout stage
Lower classification round
Medal round
Final standing
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Commonwealth Games
2018
Women's tournament
2018 in women's rugby union
2018 in Australian women's sport
International women's rugby union competitions hosted by Australia